According to the Cigarette Butt Pollution Project, Cigarette filters are the single most collected item picked up from the beaches every year. One cigarette butt soaked in a liter of water for 96 hours leaches out enough toxins to kill half of the fresh or salt water fish exposed to them. According to GATS, This is of great concern to Costa Rica, a country with great biodiversity, a beautiful coastline, and successful ecotourism industry
"Two full years after releasing proposed rules backed by extensive scientific evidence and more than a decade since the FDA began examining menthol cigarettes the administration has failed to take decisive action to remove these deadly, addictive products from the market," Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association, said in a statement
A rather sinister idea, that lends a certain frisson - outlaw cred and reprobate nationalism together at last - to these cigarettes in particular
Its better to flush twice than deal with a clog when youre running late for work or have a house full of guests
